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VOL III, NO. 66.
EVILS OF_GAMBLING
Vice Arraigned in All Its|
Forms
BY REV. M. S. COLONNA
He UIkmikhoh the fcubj.ct From Monte]
Carlo to tlie I'rojcresKiv.. Kn.liro
Table. Kev. T. J. Wai Kay ? OW
courae Sunday Muriilu);.
Better is a lktle with righteousness
than great ivvarues wii'th vnjuistiiee.'
Prov. 16:S.
This was the text Cor the evening
sermon at the Clheiatnut Avenue ciburoh
Sunday.
"it is cuBtiomiary in ,miuniy quainters.'
?n?d ?ev. M. S. Col ,ana. Jr., " to deal
wvih ?'.n -Jn the buik. When a, par
uiur evM is singled out und attacked,
its ?fri'euds ittwriaWy feel hurt. Th.
puilpit would be d'isg-raieed, howvvei
did ill rt-.nn perseinaJ or other eonsid
n-rations fail to ory out against curt tu?
forms of iniquity.
"The ga-n-vbling evil Iras attained such
pro port lorn* that the church must mak
ready for a stubborn light if it is to b
?upprvtM9.nl. The dlsposi'idon to gamible
iis inveterate, lender c-nt-ain circuni
stances gum-s culling tor the exercise
of physical prowess or iiniteMeetiual skidd
may be really ibvizrefloiad. The fasci?
nation of the ordinary contests does
TOW consist in legitimate bent-tits to be
derived .from them. The event Ihtas a
significance wtoo'lly a pare from itself
in determining th,- fortune or fate ol
some one. The opportunities for wire
would-be gMuHeivr to apply his wit
ame abundant. Tne rujtosfmaiinitdea in
the natural world offer a tempting field.
In India there is systematic giaimtoliing
?.n nhe weather. The nice track to.v4tes
him. The dice box is well adapted to
his ui?e. Nothing can suit him better
than a deck ?f cards. A b is,? toa-tl or a
foot ball game allows him to use his
judgment. A Presidential election or
a prize tight serve equeuMy well as u.n
.occasion -for winning or h sing money.
The practice is not confined to any one
class of persons. The professional black
tig of ocrtMi;? has his room fitter! up
iw?lh all the neeot-uary paraphernalia:
Wive 'little -negro 'shoots his eraips' in itiue
lailey: the society toelle plot's her prv
ei-??sijvv_.euchre in the parlors; the
young (".i^BiM puts his money up on
tine home'ite-l,n? the speculator takes
his change! in the 'bucket shop;' the
Jolly good MTtow always ready tor
a gamie of pofcf. and i he working man
buyts his lotteT< ticket. Armins all
?taases of peopltOta. ^? grades of so
d'e'tly.this propensity l"* astserted itself.
The practice 4s on c*'"~*m-dy vicious
one. It is dishonoiuhle. I?-receive witJi
out nvakCnig any cvimp.-nisa?c.ti.cannot be;
\Juef- <J%?--i?iw?- ?rf -the --SLaiES^.-J^'"
stainp*d the businvsis as nefarious. The
Grogtesw courts have decided that toet
tCmig on the race course and eiseWbere
in -England 'is Wiegu.1. So that one''11"
dulgimg In- the practice today vio-lalftv
the law of the land as well as that of
God.
"One ad.j'Xn-.-d to tin- habit of gam?
bling es theretoy d.:. qualifif d for the
duiiis <>f life. 'When 'he tan win more
in a single night ai; the table or a:
the wheel than he could eairn in a month
toy Wie pa.tiv.n-t ps-rforimance of his work,
the temvpltatton -becomes almost irnesls
ITilbte. "VVCtto the c-urse ,.-!' il'l-ivess a tang
ttraOn of ills comes in. 1; was -a wise
n.ij-lto of Livinigstcine: 'IVir God and
keep bus.y.'
"The ultimate effect is tlu- complete
d'omo.ahzatvcn of the su:bj.*t. whether
hv Wiir.a k?r los-,-s. Does he win today'.'
It is only to lv.s.- tomoriuw. Is he
Qudky? Tlieii he becewnes intoxicated
w-i'j'u h'.s own succees uwtH Hi Mb liner
feeWlngs and purer pasidoni? arc crushed
'by his mainCa for g.dd. Does he lose?
Th-.-n there fc/TIows a d-espadir thatds a.b
et;i5ulie>y i-.-kless. -.Monte Carlo, beaiu
tiful of s'.-tuation. is the shrine wStMtet
.fro thousunda of plilgnimi? every year to
squan.l. r their tonxtinvs arnd s.i.-ritice
M.-.'.r hopes. 'A traveler has recently
told us at his vii-it t>> the sui-cide ceme?
tery mocnt?.in->d 'by th.- great gamins
houses there. Having hctird there -was
such a place he se-t out to lln.l it. in?
quiries made of atteindiaia'.s and i?.?ntep;
drew from them only an incredulous
smfc am'd 0 den'ia'l oif toy ktnowl-edge of
?Ks exiewnee. Hut he did tiit.l it. for
the old p-ri-est direc-ivd hi!.m th-iither
Thiir.;y-flve unfortunate persons emd.tl
tlhe^T lives the.1V only lastt year.
"Ther<? is no qun.-k or easy method
/,.r the uimicAns of ih'is evil. It con.
toweweir. be greatly -abated, r^et the
fciWB now on our statute- books l?e e.n
fcrced toy men thiit fear God. In .{has
IVvay n>hv res-errs that allure so many
youn'g <mem- will toe broken up. One of
the farmer mayors of Incl-'.an.tpol'is has
deiti'.ded that if the civic authorities
?w-ece s'r> to ord'er. within ten days every
gsaimb?n-g den in every city in the
V<a\-n could 'be closed. TVr the class
o-f ?i',..s'pect,i'bl'e' gam'Kcrs ether mei'.lhods
?must be found. It is high time to qu:t
emanCtn their offen, s an ! treat them
t?B 'wv d'-r ^tive-rs t'hit violate laws of
rr.jra-'i'-ty. This dicta not i ri'. iniate that
.tihiey tfh,.,ul-d he ostracized, for w-e will
never save peopie by hating .t?vsffi, hut
w-t'th 1-ov-e i-n our hecerts for thcin let us
?how our un-com-promlsinig opposition t
thei-r tsiimfu'I practices.
"As to our o-wn cond-UKst we must
studiously avoid the very appearance of
Hh'is evi-1. It is with bad grace indeed
fehait a (htirch s-upp-.hried by rattl.-.ng
qui?"'tis d?notmees the methods ?'f the
,prrfess-;-on.il. The business is wrong in
iprinoiple ta.nd ruinous -in results wheth?
er .pra'ct'iced on- a large or is mail scale.
SECON D -R:\PT'IST OH'URCH.
At the 'Second Baptist church Sunday
morntaer. Rev. Themas J. MacK-iy. pas?
ter, eight persons woe reee.ved Into
?memlbership. and' one was tapt?aed in
the evening.
The iiastor seledt'ed f,.r his morniTs
sermon, the first chapter und twenty
fifth verse of James?"But he that lo k
tet'h into the perfect law of lltoerty, and
continueth therein. ! e beiner not a for.
getfuil he>rrei-, 'but a derer of the work."
'Vir. iMacKay said in part:
"The words of our text were used by
Jaimes. a practical pastor?one who had
the interest of his people at heart ami
desiredi to give them some kind advice
in relatio-ru to their spirtual dvelopment,
tedling -them to receive with meekness
the engnvfted word, whi-'h is able to
save your souls. Hew beautifully James
convevs the thoughit of one looking Intto
a gluss and scon to. gets what manner
of tram he was. Ko are those that are
simply hearers only and net perform?
ing the work. Thev do not look Into
line perfect taw of .liberty.
"The 'laws of the universe wot onily
teach us G-?d's handiwork, hiut they .also
teach the ilaav of splritua-1 development.
We see the optiraMons of God's hand in
Khe u.nlversie ubiiu't us, but we d.i. not
! see the hand. tVe see the spiritual de
.velopmemtt of Christian character, -but
rwe cannot analyze its power. We do
know Its force, for it ha? brought us
from <?eath into life; we first received
the milk of the word, then the strong
meat ittoat we may toe atole to look Into
the tierfect tow of liberty. The COirls
. K"-o '- r rf *o ?**?> *t
those who endure to the end; or, toother
words, the perserveranc? oif the saints,
and I do believe with aw my 'heart in
the pereerverenc or saints only?not of
uiLiegenerated souls in the church, or
Christ. , . I
?Ul-iny look 'to the mount and get a
<-, .ntrasit regarding the perfect law.
Paul said we have nut come to
a mount that <annot be touched. This
was a moum of smoke, li?htning and
thunder. It was a mount of death und
jof wrai'n. but may your eyv-s 'behold
another mount?Calvary. We see the
Lamb of God led as u lamb, yet he
opened not his mouth, and from that
mount ?come not wrath, hut low. Hear
the voice. 'Father, forgive them, they
know not what they do." and he cried:
'It is finished.' What list finished? The
perfect law of liberty. Here is the seed
sown but it has its consummation in
the Christian. The law on the mount
was written tin stone placed in the o,rk.
L'ut the law of libetty is wirltten in the
hea'.ts ct God's children, and the law.
instead of being placed in the ark, 1?
now pla. ed in the temples of
God. which ore our bodies. It tTOs
?necessary to go down through the
mercy seat to get at t'he law on
stone placed in the ark. out the law
of liberty is written hv -the hearts of
God's chiU'dren. and 'title law. Instead of
being placed In the ark. is-now placed in
the temples of (;. d. Which are our bod?
ies. It was m-cesso ry tu godowin through
the mercy seat to- get at the law cn
?tone, 'but now it is necessai to go
t'l.i:iiugh the heart of Jesars to desbr' y
one of his children. Tes: yen shaSl wo li?
the ugh the ocean oif God s love Uo get
on-- of those lictle ones. We see the
oeeaint bearing on its 1* som the m gh-y
sh'tps. 'hut it has iis 'bounds. Not so
with this law. f liberty?lit is bound.'ess.
"We may ask from whence fiintc thi?
law of liberty? And I wi5I ask y. u
how d' es the farmer prepare h'-s fields
to tiring forth the harvest? You say
by tine plow, the harrow, breaking U|i
t'he ground. 1.. ok -11111 sei- the greit
'armer of the universe as he plows up
the children i f Isrval in the 'land of
Ivirvnt. using the plow .,f slavery, the
tos-'h of the taskmaster. Then 'he gets
them ready bv forty year.-- of wander
lr-sr in the wlldcimess brings them <t
homdful of -h.-sen ones, and .then he
send? the seed. That se.d v.-is the seed
of love. ;ind that Live eirtliodied in H's
S'-n. Did Jesus see .t'he seeil spring up?
Yes: he said: "Say not there ore three
rpoimt'hs and then, mmetii the ha.nves>>:
ITtft ur> y.rrir eyes for t'he fi- Ids are whit ?
already':o harvest.' This harvest i.? the
fruit of the perfect law oif liberty."
COMMITTEE IIKUAMittc.
Money Already SuhKcrlhed to Entertain
the Firemen.
The Citizens' Com mt tee. which has in
charge the arrangements fur the an?
nual meeting (if the Stat-- Firemen's
Association, met last night 'at the Cen?
tral Station. There was a large at?
tendance. Permanent organization was
efTeeted with the following officets:
Chairman?D. S. Jon^s.
Vioe-Ohairman?E. C. Hdllyet-.
Seciietary?iW. G. Burgees.
Treasurer?Frtd Head.
.Motions were adopted empjWerinir the
rdvalrman to appoint three cam-mi trees,
is follows: Committee on finan.e. to be
composed of seven members; accommo?
dation eommitt.e. to lOnsiist of nhtree
aifmibers to act wiSh. an arixMi-juy com
hrnietr of tV.T-:. Jadies from each ward;
and 1 committee Wr-'.iilir^ii,^'-".Ion, .1
Voluntary contributions were maoe to
the enterfainmenlt fund by the follow?
ing ge.ntU-men:
MY. T>. *v Jones .$ilO
Mr FJ. C. Hi liver .2fi
Mr. W. G. Burgess . 10
City T:,?isurer J. M. Curtis . 10
Mr. D. C. Ashbv . 10
Mr. J. A. Williams . 10
M.r. J. -A. iHirshberg . 10
Mr. R. P. Orr . 10
City Sergeant R. W. Milstead . 10
Mr. L. ... Minviile . 10
Cour.e'.'iman R. J. Muck y . 10
Mir. A. A. M ss . 10
Postmaster Fred Read . 10
Judge T. J. Harham . ?
Justice J. D. G. Brjpwn . "'
nummoiiTOilrh's Aftotney Newton., r,
Councilman A. E. ?urcher. f.
T til .$20;
tt will require about $1.500 to enter?
tain the firemen.
NAVAL OFFICER TALKS.
Sayn Ordern Inillrate a flash With
Spain.
An officer of the Bi.voklyn, now lying
iff Newport Xews, who refused to allow
a.is name to be used, in an interview
with a reporter Sunday n.'ght. said:
"Significant instructions, the nature
.if wliivh I cannot divulge, were re?
vived ihere during the week which
point almost vtertii-iwly to war.
"Theire is no^trr-r?--s.ny doubt in the
aiimdis ?f naval officers am to the ma?
ture ?.f tine report of the board of inqui?
ry, and t'he delay in i'ts formal pre^em
tsttion is cwrly occasioned in order to
i.llow the administration sufficient time
to .fonmuloite its plants for a vigorous
proisecutk.n of the campaign, iwihiioh its
certain to follow Spain's refusuil of a
demand .for an indemnity.
"Outsiders cannot possi.bly hUive any
adequate idea of the enormous piepar
a)t3or.t3 now going on at the navy yairds
and on warsihitie. The actual imstruc
uions issued to the Commanders of tbe
.three divisions of tbe fleet, now as?
sembling, a ire on a war basis, and when
hoii'led down reud. 'Be ready foa- action
at a .moments- notice.' "
In speaking of the Maine accident,
he said:
"The ?principuil daniaging ft-a.ture to
'Hie iSjKiin.isih olai-m of an internal explos?
ion its the fact that the supply of gun
cotton on the 'Maine was found, by the
Spanish divers, in perfect con<lltiion.
t.nd In ?ueh condition was presented
to the "court of inquiiry. *Wr;hen this faet
became known among nrrvvil officers,
t.1'1 idea of the 'accident t?heory" was
Vhaini.lt.ned."
Police Court.
Jtietice IB row n disposed of the foIJow
n.g cases in tihe Pt>l.ice Count yester
lay imn-ning:
iMaxon 'Deffa. ditabrderXy wnndue.ti:
?ined $:! and costs.
Robert Droten, drunk; fined $2 and
CiotStS.
.Wi'lliiatm Whipp, drunk; fined $2 and
?osts.
William 'Mason, drunk; tlned $2 and
i.?ts.
MOebael Austin, drunoV. fined $2 a-nd
COSIB.
Ohttrles Maley, drunk;, fined $2 and
:yis)ti-.
W'i'iai'am Nelson, drunik; fined $2 amd
30StS.
J<cAm Webber, drunk; fined $2 airad
Posits.
Wdward King, drtsnk; llne?-l ?2 and
?riKts.
Alex McDonald, drunk; lined $2 and
?osts.
John Burk, resisH'ing an offieeir; fined
$11 and costs.
P. A. Madison, Violating certain, flaw,
fined $11 and costs.
The steamer Louise and tbe steamer
P*ymouth, will take passengers on
hoard at the Chesapeaite & Ohio pas?
senger pier to vl'etw tbe t'he launch
rroin the river front. Fare, 25 cents.
n-18-6t
NEW
JUST ONE MORE DAY
And Then the Launch Will
lake Place
READY AT THE SHIPYARD
Finishing Touches I'ut On the Two lSig
Fighting machine*. Many Visi?
tors Kxpecteil to Arrive To?
day and Tomorrow,
Tiwusands of people, from n-eah- an.d
afar, u-ie corning tu witness th-- iaun- h
ing of the battleships Kearsarge and
launching of the baurleshipa Kearsarge
Ken-tutlky1. and as early as today the
visitors will begin to arrive in tiiiia
oily and Old Point. Tomorrow special
tiains Will come, puff ng in laden wirb
human freight, and from that time t.U
the greatest event en -naval shipbuild?
ing 11"inspires the city will present a
scene of gaiety.
AmongKhe first'to arrive will be Gov?
ernor VVHlaam O. Biadtoy, Kentucky's
chief executive, hiis staff of colonels, and
the delegation ftom the Blue Glass
Stuf.. The CnesapcUkc & Ohio raii'W-iy
has arranged for u special train id leave
Louisville at 2 o'clock ills at'te: noon.
This train wiifl be made up of a baggage
ear and seven Pullman sleepers of ehe
latest pattern, making the tine=t tiain
that ever left Louisville. The Goveiaor
and his staff, the Louisville Boaad i f
T.ade, and the Kentucky Coniniis-ion
ers of the launching will take ch s train.
The first stop wiiH ibe made at Frank?
fort, whoie the Governcr an his party,
in a special car, will join the train. Tl'Je
next stop will be Lexington, whete the
Central Kentucky d legation win be
taken on. The train will ai'tive at Old
Point at 2 o'clo k tomorrow aitericon.
iMIiss Christ Hie BttUdley. w ho has been
invited 'by Secretary Lcrtg to chiri.--t.-n
the Kentucky, is utt nJing W'acaingium
College, in EekHigton, . a sutJitrh of
Wusiii ngion. She will arrive a: Old
Point tomorrow evening accompanied
by her mother. In figure M"ss Bradley
is petite, witiv a "bright, sunny face, w'Jth
brown .yes and brown hair, tinged with
gold, and in her unaffected end frank
manner feels Kittle of tlji imipor$anoe
and distinction of the role she is to as?
sume, though she anticipates muck
pleasure on the occasion for which she
Will lie sun. undid by her K ntucky gir]
friends, having invited five y ung la?
dies to assist os mads of honor?M ss
Alice Castilema'n". of Louisville; Miss
Salif. Bruns ton. of Lexiiyjic.n; Miss LIN
lion Stege, of ' LouisviW. a.t:d Miss
Mary E. ilatewood, of AJt. St r'.iing.
Sin, e traditions' of the sea grvs no
special oiigin of ttfe cufotn of christ?
ening of ships by breaking a ijoi'tle con?
taining epiritous liquid or m; r, it s
left to our imagination to osoube the
liquid used in the ceremony, r..-il in th's '
Instance it is _th= happy r.ug?.' via of
Miss B: ad ley to pure spriie *t'a r
brought from a sprlnir iti K-'iLiUcKy
tr. tii which Present TIVKt-oln ?was won't
to allay his fhiip&t. Her decision to u;e
water ,in naming the ship found favor
wftr." ihe temperum.- organizations in
the country, and their appreciation wilt
i>e manifested in t- k- ns. Only his;
night .the Y. W. C. T. U, decided to
present Miss B adley a handsome g.Vd
medal, and designated Mi?s Annie Wat
kirs to deliver th- trophy. Prom the
heal W. C. T. IT. Miss Bradley- will re?
ceive a handsome bouquet of Amer loam
Beauty r-iscs. ivhi W will W presented
by Miss Louise Hopkins.
JI.ay.i- W- A. Past and Mr. F.. M.
Braxton left last nigh: for \VYish
tonr whither Mayor Post goes to Tl
ceive and escort the naval oft'i late,
Senators; Congressmen and otners who
are coming to this city to witness the
launching. Mr. Braxton will assist
Mayor Post in -making a-i rangeinr-iiis
for the party. Today Mayor Post will
call on President McKinley and expend
to him. on behalf of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
a personal invitation to he present wh n
the ships are launched. The disun
gushed party will at rive at Old Point
earliy Thursday- morning on th - steam?
er New-port News.
Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock the
Virginia oyster boat Ohesopeak^. with
Governor J. H?ge Tyler and party on
beard, steamed past tlrs p trt r-n route
to Tidewater. The Chesapeake w... go
direct to Onane .ok, wher-j the party
wllll arrive today, and will return t'o
Old Point tomorrow night. There the
Gov. rn.ir and his party will dlsemha'rk
and proceed to the Choimbeilin Hotel.
The night will 1>e spent ?i -e h tel.
and as there is a hop every Wed'neSday
night, -a good time is In stu.. for the
Richmond party.
Thursday morning the party wlil
come to Newport Ne.w?s t? witness the
double launching of the 'hartie-hips
Kearsarge and Kentu-ky. The Gover?
nor's staff will Join him and it Will he
the first time the colon.is have turned
?nt as a body.
After the launching the party. In?
cluding the staff, will return to the
Chamberl'in. and wil! attend the gtand
banquet to be given ther- ov the New?
port News 'Shl-pbutiding and I> y Dock
Com.pany Thursday night. Fridiy
morning the return trip to P.'chm nd
will l>e made over the Chesap?ike *
Ohio Railway.
The party is composed of the follow?
ing ladies and gentlemen:
Governor and Mrs. Tyler: h's s'ster,
Miss F.velyn; his daughters. Misses
Belle, Sue. nnd Lily, and his sons,
Messrs. Hog.. Jr.. and Het-h.
Nine out of the ten companies form?
ing the Fourth Virglnlo regiment will
partifipate in the eer monies trTTcnding
the launch. The regiment will toe in
command of CcHone! Hedges, of Nor?
folk, and will be headed by the :>and.
from th- Norf Ik now vird. Visling
civic organ zatlons are also .xpet-t.d.
Fverythlrg is In reodlnpR? nr'he shfp
ynrd for the launch. ATI of the timbers
and debris lying around the wavs hav?
1ieen removed. The platform? nnd
christ. ning boxes .ire now finished To?
morrow the shins wi'M be deeoraied with
strc.ime.rs , ,f bunting.
There Is a d-^rmand~ for f'ekets to the
stands. Already-the applica-ti ons. which
are pouring in by evorv" mail, for out
nvmhtr th-e ??ipaclty of the plutforms.
The h.-?tpir>s, reRtaurnntp and pri?
vate hoarding houses h.'tv prepi'r<-,l for
the large crowd. A numlic- "of vii'fo-s
Rre alre.id.y- In the city, end fKe ho--!? |
md lodging h- uses are -rnpidly fitling
?ip.
The binquct at the C*h.imh?rl n Ho.
'el. which will fnlloiw the launch, will
he a brilliant event. Around the festal
hnord Will irarther dl*tlngn'!?hcd jicrson
aev-s comlr.g fr. rri everv section or -h's
broad land. The -banquet w'TI I?. held
In the hall room, which will toe rt<-eo
rntPd with or* fHorv. >J, MTfredorfer
Xt Sons, of Tti- hmonn. s^ritTCd the con?
tract for decorating the hanq-tet hall
yestc-rdoy.
Get a nice umbrella at ?Hirslh'bewt's:
if it rains this week you will need it
badly; -If it don't rain you can lend it
j to your neighbor.
! ffpecial?AM tfhle new ?h?des Spring
jDerha-S' at 4toe uniform price of $2.00. at
IT-r:,M-e--{f'?..
PORT NEWS, VA
WAS NOT KXTKRNAL.
Munter of the Tug Underwriter Give* Uli
Opinion of tue Malm* His isU r.
Tiirfc Js one man who does not think
the battleship Maine warn 'blown up m
Wajrana harbor by am external ex?
plosion, ami that man lib Captain Wiley,
'master o>f ehe tug 1>?*i.t Underwriter.
Several weeks sSiiee the I'undrnwrit
er catme 'here tu take on bunker coJ?
She was en route to Havana with the
derniek "Chief in tow. Late Saturday
might the tug arrived here from tihe
Cuban port, having come for the barge
Lone Star, which will be used for trans*
porting pieces of the wreckage to the
Norfolk navy yard. After taking on
a supply 'of coal yesterday the .Under
writer cleared and sailed for .Havana.
When seen 'bv a reporter Sunday af?
ternoon CaiptaCn' "Wiley tanked freely re
gaiding the wreck. He said:
?You a.--k me what I know about the
agency which caused the destruction of
t'iie Maine. 1 reply that I know nothing?
absolutely nothing. And when you come
right down t" dots and tacts. 1 don't toe-;
Hieve anyone knows how the EJh'ip re-aliiy
met her fate.
"We left 'N,-w Y.irk Febtuary 27 with
twenty-one men and with the Chief in
tow. We pul In heute March 1 and sailed
again on the 3d. 'During t'he trip down
the iChief suffered eonaidecabily in the
gaie which sir.it the cast for sevoial
dove. We put in at Charleston on the
6th to 'have the derrick's zlrw sheathing
replaced, resuming out voyage on the
10th. We arrived at Havana on the
15 th.
"I was in the harbor less than a day,?
but While there I examined the wi.eckr
carefully and not having formed any
hasty opinions I satisfied niysv-.f,
as 't-? the ? ause of the disaster. 1 had
some conversation. with Captain'
Sharp, Merri'tt's expert at the wjeck, i
but he refused to say anything about,
t'he result of his personal investigation.
He stoJted, howevo:-, that he would met'
moike a report to the tooaird of inquiry ?
until he- >had satisfied li.invself by a mtst'
thorougih exanrination of the wreck. In
other iwoitds. he is going to the bottom |
and it .will take 'Mm some time to do ft.
The beard is depending a great deal;
upon Captain Sheep's report and I think I
it hardly protoable that it wiil be made
as early as some people believe because:
Cai.tain Sharp 'is. determined to say
nothing t'?? anybody' untiil he knows
what to say.
"While ashore at Havana, I heard
very little about the Maine-incident. In
fact it seemed to me as if tt were a
nine-days' wonder entirely blown over.
"The wreekeirs 'have a number of
lighters at 'the Maine on. which they are
loading t'he scraps bn ught up by. t'he
.iivors. Heretofore they have been able
t.> make very little progress, as the tugs .
Merritlt and Sha?p 'have each a lifting
capacity . f only ten tons. The Chief
I'.f.s forty tons and will l>e atole u> ten.
ler great assistance. They nleed the
t>ai ge Lone Star down there very much
and I shall leave as soon as I coal with
my tow. I "presume it wall take nie aibout
eight days to gv> down. Coming up I
mad? the run. in. three and one-half |
lays. ;
?The. wreck ..f the- Maine re- the' hiostt.r
li-stortied1 mass imaginable. In the cen?
tre Shi. ia r-'.'. fwltitar* Vrtt "brcU:?. ?,-?! I
the' upper deck was turned -completely
over by the force of the explosion. Tt
Is now upside down- with the deck
frames on top. Now. here Cs 'the way I
look at the whole thing. If the r-xpVj
skm was caused toy a ffUtomuTf-ne mine
and the force was so great as to play
?uch havoc with the upper deck, where
must the bottom of the ship be? Can
she have any bjt'to'm? Vet, they suy
the divers have found t'he bottom. It
seems to nie that the condition of t'he
w.i eck makes it Impossible that a mine
lid 'the work.
"If that dCsaster had happened in the
harbor of Hingst, n. Jamaica, or at uny
other friendly pott, not one man fcn a
hundred would look at that wreck and
say that it was Claused toy. dynamite or
powdeir under 'her 1? ttom. granting, of
oourse.that the wreck would be precisely
as she is today. I heard that the Span?
ish divers found a large piece of the
forward turret. It seems to mte that
this turret would have been badly bent
and twisted and not broken had the ex
pilosi" n c nie from beneath.
"The work of removing the parts of
t'he '.M aine 'Will necessarily be very slow.
They can never raise her in my opinion,
ft is possible that the Lone Spar will
bring back some <. f the wreckage to the
Norfolk navy yard if.'I do not receive
orders to take :t out beyond' Mono
Clisttleandd.uim.p it into the water. There
is nothing abcut the wreck which js
good for anything and it will cost less
to throw It away thon to bring U back
to the United States.
"Before we lieft Havana I heaTd it
stated that., there were supposed' to be
fcitty bodies still in the w-reok. I left
nine .->' my men at Havana to ussist the
wreckers."
iiicikf ITEMS.
Miss Thornpp m, of Wilmington, !N. C,
and Miss New. of Portsmouth, are vis- |
it ins at the .lesidence of Dr. A. C. Jones,
on Twenty-eighth street.
?Mrs. Laura Smith, of Las; End, who
has to;-en visiting her daughter in York
c-ounty, returned h> me yesterday.
Maja- Fred Br.nk.tt, assistant sec?
retary of the treasury, wa3 in .the City
y sterday. the guest of Postmaster
Fred Re-ad.
?Miss Mary Nerton, of San Francisco,
arrived in the city yssterday, and
its "the guest of Mrs. George W. NeLms,
ait No. 271t) West avenue. %
?Miss Lenl Dooli title, of East Str uds
burg. Pa., is visiting the Misses J'_"hn
son on Thirty-fourth street.
Mrs. -Edward 'Ni'les and little son, of
V'ertmont. ate visiting heir father, Mr
J. K. Abbe, on Twenty-sixth street.
Steamer Louise Arrives.
The Chesapeake &? Ohio pas* nger
steamer Louise, which plys between this
city and Norfolk, arrived yestetday
morning at 7 o'clock from Baltimore,
whoie sh- has been for the last two
months umlerg ing ivpaiTS to her ma
ebitiery. While on a regular .:un the
shaft .broke, causing other damage to
the machinery. The contiract for re?
pairing th- vessel was awarded to ths
Crfiimh'an Iron Works, at that com?
pany's bid of $10.000. The Louise will
resume her regular runs this morning.
Mr. <? It. West'? Slater I tend.
'Mrs. 'Rmii'ly Marrow, a sister of Mr.
Ge. rg- B. West, of this city, die,! in
Richmond Sunday morning at 9:30
o'clock.
The funeral took place talt 12 o'clock
yesterday.
Mr. West and his sister, jMirs. Smith,
went to 'Richmond' several days ago.
and Mr. nnd Mrs. Vest went up Satin -
diaiy afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Barrett left yesterday to attend the 1 ti?
ne: al.
hoo Lot? at Auction
Sale will commence oa^ie 24th of this
month?after the launching Is over?
an > continue until all are srtid. Pro
nerty situated on car line and wat?'t
front. For maps and intformatlon. call
on Powell Bros. & King ,2701 Wash?
ington avenue. mr2-tf
A Happy Woman
Is the houstsk--fper who buys her coal
I nnfl wood fvom the Warwfek 'Coal ?n*i
Tv-....-> r?a .Tt??v ???'trh'h strebt. J?14-tf
TUESDAY, MARC
CRISIS COMING SOON
President McKinley Nearly
Ready to Act.
THE TIME TO INTERVENE
Report ?f the Board or Inquiry Expected
lu Washington Thurmluy. More Kvl
?leuce a* to the ShockingCuu
.1 tton of AfTatrH In Cuba.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, March 21.?The pro?
cedure in eonnec-don w.tn iBie subms
siuui of I'he report of the Maine court of
inqu.'iy by tu? I'ic.-ideut is, c!-'.?g ess
.s now enAirly outlined, and a .ao.n.i
ottlcer today explained the generali lime
of action i'i pieienk ittie-ffliea 10 be pui
sueu upon receipt o; die report, wh-.ch
is expected .it, nach Washington next
Thursday. A o.py ..f it wild Vic la.d
before the Spanish government secy
early, and as soon i.s can lie corL?.*n
eivay done, the report will be scut co
Congress and made j ublic at the same
time. The report to cXngrcss will toe
accompanied by itthe President, ata-tiiag
that ai'ter receiving ithe .report the con?
clusions were Iviid before the Spanish
government and appropriate action
fluni that quarter a^ked. It is fctuced
positively that no part >Jtt the report
and no intimation of the findings has
reached the executive authorities in
Washington as yet. At toe sarne time,
it is a notaceaoie fact that the current
of official opinitm is beginning to fellow
that of th* unoliiciul opinion expressed
so positively and persistently at Ha?
vana and Key West, tha't the cause i?f
the explosf n was external. Officials
high in .the administration stated today
that while they were wholly with ut ex?
act information as to the findings of the
court v<f Inquiry, they Bound themselves
sharing in the apparently intang be
conviction that the cause .if the explo?
sion was not accidental. Opinions ex?
pressed by the Maine suitvivois Who
reached here last Saturday djciutotless
has o. ntriiaated largely to this view in
official circles. In this connection it is
understood that one of the officers who
arrived on Saturday stilted, not as an
.pinion, but as his personal observation
on the night of the d.saster. that theie
were two distinct explosions. The ten?
dency of this is to support the theory
of external cause, as this Its basid ?.n
Lhe idea that the first explosion was fol?
lowed by a second internal explosion.
Intense interest in the report was
manifested today at the White House,
and at the war, state aind navy depart?
ments. The President received, a num?
ber of congressional leaders, among
them being Speak, r ?.-.SOTSui* CVuaiii
mau,_HiLt. he Houto-committee on
101*ign affairs. The visit of Mr. Ree-' V
naturally attracted n< h attention.
ho seldom leaves. tha ^?^gresslunul
spi.e^o m eou^e calls on the executive
ttramch. and It was naturally inferred
that : e purpose of his v-lstlt was to
enter i-pon the Cuban, situation und its
future before Cong.ess. though neither
he -nor Mr. Hltt was oomnvoinieati ve
Secretary Long also Iliad an extended
comCeirence with the President, but so
far as it could be learned it developed
nothing additional relating to the Spm
-h question.
The ai.tny and navy preparations are
continuing without interruption, al?
though they have now become so regu?
lar as to lapse into n.utine on a gigan?
tic scale. No further purchases of
warships were concluded today, and ehe
negotiations are not assuming a prom?
ising aspect, except In showing that
the United States Co command th.
market us against t^paiin.
The ordnance office of the watt- de?
partment presented a ve/y -busy scene
today when bids were opened for furn?
ishing the department about 1,600 cast
iron projectiles for sea coast canr.i 11
with which to man. the fortifications.
The advertisement called lor 187 ten
inch solid shot. 910 twelve inch mm. tar
shells weighing S00 p.unds each, end
500 twelve inch mortar shells, weighing
1,000 pounds each. There were an un?
usually large number of firms who bid
for the contract, and the prices ut which
they proposed to furnish the projectiles
showed a wide range.
Ami.ing the bidde.s were the Paters
burg. Va? Iron Works, end the Balk
& Murdock iron Company, of Charles?
ton. S. C. So far as figures ore o:.n
cerned the Petersburg Iron Werks trete
the lowest bidders, although other con?
ditions may exist which will ptevemtt
them from getting the -orotrae't. The
company offered to supply the ten in h
shot at $12.till each, one half to be de?
livered in forty days, and lhe remainder
in seventy days. The twelve inch shells
of 800 and 1,1)00 p unds each the com?
pany-bid to furnish at $21.28 aind $22.5*7
respectively, offering to supply fifty of
each kind in forty days, and the re?
mainder at quick intervals.
The ten inch shot the Rome, N. Y?
'Machine Wtcuks offered to supply at
$14.20 each, to begin the delivery in one
week, and they agree to tutm over the
entire amount in f> ur weeks.
The battleship Texas started north?
ward from Key West today, fhus sett?
ling the question ais to the Dtrmatiim
ISt a second squadron at or near Hamp?
ton Roads. It is expected that the
Massachusetts will follow in a few days,
but the final orders for that move have
not been made. The navy department
received a pre lim inn ry reporit today
from one of its agents who is at Ha?
vana watching the progress of the j
wrecking. It is understuiod that this
ref- re mainly to tl>e technical work ..f
salvage, and not to the- question- of I
cause. The judge advocate general's
office. "WheJte the report was received, J
will not disclcse the details of the re?
port.
The government has made no further
purchases of warships, but its neg.tia- |
tions 1n that line have ijeern. productive
at least of one important result, name?
ly, in establishing that unless the bat- j
tleship O'Higg'ius beii .mes the pioper
ty of -the United States it will not 1>e
sold at all. Spain, it is confidently as?
serted, will not be able to secure this
wait vessel, nor are her ohane-es any bet?
ter or as good as those icnf the United
States. Practically the same condition
prevails as to the Argentine armored
cruiser San Maitlno. which will ixvome
the property . f this government if it
passes out of the hands 11'f Argentina.
The Spanish minister oii-led at the
state department today and pros nted
Messrs. Angula, Valera a.nd Caderas
!, who are the direct representatives of
the autonomous cabinet at Cuba. With
this presentation, nog t ations toward
a eomunereial treaty will be opened. A
high officer of the navy, who has in?
ornate know ledge of itfc? affairs, said to?
day:
"The greatest difficulty is. being ex?
perienced by the government In pro?
curing ships fir m atoroad, but ft is hand
at work and is making as much prog?
ress as could reasonably ibe expected
under the circumstances. Spaim is rush?
ing work on her war vessels, the pe
layo. its la-rgeist and- best 'battleship. *?
practlcaWv ready for sea, and its second
best ship, the Carlos V. wl? toe ready
te a fortnight or three weeks. The
flciaVt of the navy die-nar-tment
!H 22, 1898.
pare for any possib
l.ileU.1 ua.llt -A.
.'UU?1, V
.til.
j.u
M
vv.
.all. ?etUdleAl .UaUle,
iiMiov uaai wau orueis."
ii is presumed t.10.11 t?e Mi-fated shij
wi'ji net 00 stric-K?n m in tat nuvai ies
i**er unt.i au er 11 tias been tonally ..s
tanusneU beyond Ute poss. OiiiLy ui
ueiamt tiiat tue shatteted hu.K caiimoi
oe raiavu tivm its pres-ant Oed ot tuuu
in i-iavana tiaa'Oo-r. and rc-vonstt uce<i
.ntoat ieost a, semblance ?>? aus forru?a'
seil'. AI though thee is scarceiy gio.aui
tor the hope mat toe vessel earn t>e
la.sou ana u stored to tne uaviy; uie de?
partment will na abomdon, its'enioi ts
o; ttiait direction until lie wreckeas xi&w
at work upon, it report tc.at 11 .s mi
posstfbU*.
Although there is -not much prospect
of ra.svng tli- Maine wita its tep-rted
luv-ken ba. kbone, [.here is good reason
to bel.eve from the reports of the clivers
that mainy, if not ab, of tae guns may
be recovered eventually .rom tue ?:oK
-and put in places wi.eie they may b?
able to render good Se'. vice.
The etil ist meant of General WTJiit.an L\I.
Graham, assuming command of the new
milucary department of the Guit, has
been received ut toe army hea.du.uarteas
heie. Although nu il?ormaitiom to thai
effect has yet been received, it is
thought that General Graham lias taketn
up his stat.oai at Atlanta, which is to
be the htUdquai. ters <,!? the new depart?
ment. Jt is said here that no imme?
diate movement of troops as a res/all of
the change of the lines of the 'millituiry
divisions recently, put into eft'eeit, is
contemplated, but that the movements
for the pieser.'t will 'be caniined (to the
transfer of artillery troops to man Vine
forWflcutions recently ?.omtem plated.
The enlistment U anch of the navy
department today issued a large poster
adventisiing for men for the United
Status navy. The recent putting into
commission of the cruisers Columbia
and .Minneaifcolis und the prospective
demamds that will be- necessary us a
result of the acquisition, of the BrazM
iuiii ship Amazonas and the American
yacht Mayttowetr. requires the enlist?
ment of additional men. -
The short session of the Senate today
was quite unusual for the first work?
ing day of the week. That no one was
pie-pared to go on with any pending
measure was given as the exp.iauat.on,
but privately -the topinlon was stated
by some of the Senators that, while the
Cuban question remained in such sus?
pense, there was the uesite to take up
important legislation. The outlook as
bo Cuba* was discussed am; ing Senators
utmost to t he exclusion of othelr topics,
and the belief was quite decided that
the administration is preparing to take
a positive stand within the next week.
One of the Senano-rs made the prediction
that the United States would intervene.
Being pressed for a reason, he eta-ted
that he had reached this..conclusion, af
tec-m-m* pr less cr Sw1*?'""^ r??
-?ve officeti'? ? - the same time s&y
jfi*&- -quite emphatictiily that he had no
positive information on this point.
Other ?Senators thV/ughX 'the recognition
of Cuban Independence more probable
than.intervention. Almost all express?
ed the view that some action will sure?
ly f .How 'tlie report of the [Maine court
of inquiry, regardless of its purport.
JOINT OU.BAiN COM MdTTKK.
Resolution ?Providing for One Intro?
duced in the House.
(Hv Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. March St.?Repre?
sentative Wheeler, "f Alabama, today
Introduced in tiie House the following
resolution:
Resolved, That a joint committee,
consisting of seven mem.bers 1 f t he Sen?
ate, t'o lie appointed by the Vice-Presi?
dent, and seven members of the House,
to be appointed by the Speuker, be che?
ated, to consider the question of out
relations with Spain growing out of the
Cuban question. That all messages
heretofore received, or .which may here?
after be received, .from the Presldi nit,
referring to this question.'be referred to
said committee.
That such committee be authorized l;o
send for persons und papers-, to take
evidence and to administer .aths to
witnesses. That said committee b - au?
thorized to employ a cSerk. and one as?
sistant, a stenographier and messenger,
und that slid committee report with as
lit tie delay as pcssiible the true condi?
tions that prevail in Cuba, what por?
tion of the Spanish debit is a l-urden,
revenues collected in the island, tin- pri -
taction given to Americans and Am ri
can interests in that issued -by'theSpan?
ish government, and the truth regard?
ing the in'humani.ti'es and atrocities
which have .. . me to our knowledge
through semi-official and other sooices.
The comtnlittee will also recomnvmend
Ito Congress what action should .be taken
by this .body. The comui'mee sha'.l
have authority to report at any time.
TIME TO INTERVENE.
Senotor TT-iuaisiton Takes a Bold Stand
?For Cuba.
(By Telegt ap .
OMAHA. Nn-'B., March 21.?"If the
tiime for the intervention elf the _Ur...ted
States in the affairs o. Ouba'Jis not
he-re now it never will come," s?-'-d Sen?
ator Thurston to a repomeiP this ir.~rn
ing. "I wired Se-nator Allen Co announce
that I would si>e,.ik en the Cuban q'-f s
tion in the Senate next Thursday."
The Senator sa>s tfcat the or.'.y solu?
tion of the trou'ble is such interven?
tion, unless the people of th.' United
States are willing to look on and see
the work of starvation, already sj for
advanced, completed. The reconi.emtra
des are absolutely without hope, an.; .1
death lists in any parts of the island
are decreased it is only .because the ma?
terial for' starvation to work upon is
g.v-ng o"t. All that the ascone n. r.d"s
an do, with their hoan.-s und imple?
ments destroyed by fire, their r?ttle
farms devastated and grow.ng in we ds,
th- '- stoc-n. driven oft to furnish food
for the Spanish soldiers an?i themselves
maciated and diseased, is to ?em.rin in
heir pens with a loisk of quiet despair
and take the little food that they .an
get, sent by the charity of the United
tales. It is perfectly true, says the
Senator, that the Insurgents practically
.?e the whole island. All that the
Spanish holds is Havana, and even
while the congressional party was there,
there was fight ng in the suburbs of
tint city.
Senaitor Tfuirstorr'wos asked what ef?
fect intervention would have in Increas?
ing the volume of the insurgent move
met. He said that it would have some
effect in that direction, for then the
Cubans generally would rise and de?
clare .themsel'v* s.
The members of the party sow ail
classes of Spanish in Cuba, ana had an
opportunity to leirn the'r temper with
regard to the Ameriean? there. He said
that by the netter clashes he .and lfs
friends were treated with respect, and
if any bitterness wt?s enterta ri. d p was
kept concealed, nut he had h-.ir.i that
by the rahble of Havana. s<?me insult?
ing remarks were made with r- fere nee
to the ladies of their party.
He ?tid it was the Impression am ng
the Americana in Havana that the
Maine w?s blown up by an external . x
ploslon. While he disclaimed having in
NEWS OnpONMD
Swindler Sent to Ja.it for Six?
teen Months.
DEATH OF MRS. MARROW.
Richard Rock'g Hotly Found In the River.
NaBtim Lann.li Sunk. Governor
Tyler anil Family Lmve on
the Cheaapeake.
(Special to t'he 'Daily Press)
RICHMOND, VA? March 21.?The po
of Ri e-.ii montl made an limportaint
aptur? Sotiurday night. iSergeamt R.
i. Btook's was on duty at the ? Umjon
?-i-:"?' i.'isvfved ?lilnrce men -ta.Hring
1 I'' WHlrmt'iH J? laiMjed
hat
parti
' .-'t
supposed wj
On inqulr|
got witni
e placid thl
He at firs
1, and Sergeant 1
ce or 'twice and|
? station. 11
i train. On his
e man. \vh
M. Corv,
away a package
checks, but tbej
negro and handed11
man was rathel
weighs tt't>ju't 110f
and stands about
1 i i as. Mia nCvy. s peml
n the police staitikl
Octtit't this 'mori
with ithi?se charge^
worked by til
purchase and -havi
u-'ini'emv \>n Grt
der a check ans|
iirse. the ol
?Brown, $1.85;
'S; W. A. Han
Stoltz. 11.50. MamU
represenited by A
.ikI .to the eharg
ruClty, geeWing Jvi
jeh case. The
rook of the 1
'mug" will be
oumtry. The mai
hing of himself,
Mrs. Ma.ry Etniljj
.Irs. m, B. VesttJ
ied here Sunday
iout. Mrs Marrol
seven til year, 'and |
and estimable
by her husband an
W. B. Vest,
Mrs. William Marr
h,?icna^?k.??t
disappeared about
who was thought
rt Newts, w
His body was four
. . He had heei
some money in hisj
The C.ty De-mo
eet tonight t\) coj
Mr. O. A. Howkir
for commissioner i
olon.t-1 R. B. -Mull
le doubt. Co
ty was only ?d
10,000.
The naptha lamnl
gentleman in thi:
,- dock here .
me accident, tlj
turned. She is Stil
The fight for c
sumed an Interest
M.eredith. rhe incug
lub
in<
date.
.ff
S to W'l
. crump 'is beingl
i\,.nv'.s'e eaindidate4
There will be
iiineil and alderm
i elect school trus
mis-iotieiv.
The ha.-:,- bat'
.H.v
Inf
into shapi
SI
ten days.
overnor Tylc-r
the 'Chesapeake
of the oyster groij
ihe nicht either
Norfolk.
BLOODY BA1
(By T4
LOUTSVIL/lJE.
special flrom Pinej
"One of the b\
fought in Kemij
nlace yesterday atj
Creek, in 'Ha.rtan
mil?s from this
men were killed
killed are TWad Si
and Wes Taylor. 1
?The shooting if
come of an old
liettween the SneM
bronison G<
TjONDOcn. Ma
Bronson, I*. S.
Europe in the
States novy depal
Prance to in?pec|
ifein.g built ?t
!cn on the Meditj
zilian govenrnm.
vessel negotiaticj
ing.
Work to I
Work on the j
Company' pier
fifth street will
the next nionthf
ing the publ'l
Messrs. Post
If s expec
completed with)
farthest, faom J
me need.
Til a pier wi
wide at the i
at the outer
Italtirroie s!
her- wl
The correct j
iK-rg's.
For Rent
furnished.
Washington
Wood deli,
city. M.
ninth street!
Cascaretsi
?erful medij
ant and refj
and positivd
? ansi g tj
>"n tle-ttlt?*
id bidoiis J
C. C O.
